Joint Committee on Curriculum and Academic Programs
AY 2009-2010

Co-chair: Joanne Savage, SPA, jsavage@american.edu

Co-chair: Al Cheh, CAS/Chemistry, acheh@american.edu

* Ex officio, non-voting member

Joint Committee on Curriculum and Academic Programs, to consist of ten faculty members elected proportionally from and by the faculties from the academic units with four from CAS and one each from KSB, SIS, SOC, SPA, WCL and the University Library; one graduate student designated by the Graduate Student Association and one undergraduate student designated by the Student Confederation. Co-chairs are to be elected by the membership of the committee from its faculty members. Each co-chair receives one course release.

The committee oversees graduate and undergraduate offerings including General Education and the Honors Program, but jurisdiction is limited to consideration of new programs, major changes, and terminations that affect more than one teaching unit. Proposals for new programs, major changes and terminations will be circulated to the deans, the provost, and the Curriculum and Academic Programs Committee co-chairs for comment, to determine if there would be an effect beyond more than one teaching unit; if so, the committee would consider the proposals.